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i think it was one of the reasons why president obama was re-elected, that support. and i think he wanted to do everything he can to make sure that hillary gets due credit. >> i completely agree with that. it's interesting also, i think, to ask you about your assessment of the two legacies. one of hillary clinton as secretary of state. although she was very strong, very good, and had a lot of reasonable success, in the end, there was no great triumph of the type you can point to with some of her predecessors, and you were never quite sure what her theme was, perhaps, as secretary of state, what her doctrine was. what was your assessment? >> i think she engaged. i think engagement with countries that the united states didn't have time to engage with during the bush years. and i think she went to a lot of places and flew the american flag and raised the colors in a lot of countries that had felt neglected. i think she was very involved in the issues that were interesting to her. i think she's interested in health care and health issues and the third world in particular
i think it was one of the reasons why president obama was re-elected, that support. and i think he wanted to do everything he can to make sure that hillary gets due credit. >> i completely agree with that. it's interesting also, i think, to ask you about your assessment of the two legacies. one of hillary clinton as secretary of state. although she was very strong, very good, and had a lot of reasonable success, in the end, there was no great triumph of the type you can point to with some...
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after election year for 40 years, getting that done is a very big deal. americans want that. they've got to implement it. they've got to figure out directions to make this thing work, but getting it passed and moving is a big deal. failures, for me, you know, i'm an old political hand so it's hard for me not to look at the politics of this. but i feel like the president did a really good job substantively while not doing the bhes job politically. i think the style of how they operated as a white house -- i used to always say, it was like the presidency is the fastest, best ferrari there is and they drove it like a chrysler k car. you know, they didn't use the power of the office to really attract people, to paint vivid pictures and to get things done. i want to see more of that. in a long-term issue, i think the president ought to be focused on american competitiveness, to broaden opportunity so we can all participate in a growing km i. >> margaret hoover, i had a checklist of what i believe to be the five biggest challenges h effaces. reforming immigrati
after election year for 40 years, getting that done is a very big deal. americans want that. they've got to implement it. they've got to figure out directions to make this thing work, but getting it passed and moving is a big deal. failures, for me, you know, i'm an old political hand so it's hard for me not to look at the politics of this. but i feel like the president did a really good job substantively while not doing the bhes job politically. i think the style of how they operated as a...
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so, i mean, the lies, the misdirections, the intimidation, you know, it's time for all of us in elected office, might want to pick up a copy of john kennedy's profiles in courage and do what is right. if you do the right thing, everything else usually works out. >> i have an interview coming up with two young women who wrote a piece in which they said they wanted the rights of the ar-15 weapon at home because they feared they would be attacked and they wanted a gun that would guarantee they would murder or would kill their attacker. how do you respond to that particular argument, which is they believe under their second amendment right they should be allowed an ar-15? >> i will tell you, if you talk to professionals, hunters and certainly sports men, they'll tell you that's not the gun to use. a rifle is more accurate. it's certainly easier for a woman to be able to do that. so again, there are these myths and the advertisement that goes out on this. it's totally wrong. it truly is wrong, but listen, there are a lot of good nra members out there. a lot of times we're dealing with the fa
so, i mean, the lies, the misdirections, the intimidation, you know, it's time for all of us in elected office, might want to pick up a copy of john kennedy's profiles in courage and do what is right. if you do the right thing, everything else usually works out. >> i have an interview coming up with two young women who wrote a piece in which they said they wanted the rights of the ar-15 weapon at home because they feared they would be attacked and they wanted a gun that would guarantee...
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because they just want to be re-elected at the end of the day, right? >> but buzz iszi ibissinger, th all well and good, but part of the problem is that the wording of the second amendment is so woolly and so open to interpretation and conjecture, and it ruled on the supreme court's objection in 2008 to be an absolute vindication of their belief the second amendment gives everybody a license to have as many arms as they'd like. >> look, i'm not a lawyer, i'm not a scholar. it seems as if a 10-year-old would read the second amendment and say, you have the right to bear arms for the formation of a militia. i think the 2008, and i'm saying this as a layman, i think two 2008 supreme court ruling was a travesty, at the very least. it should be a state's right, when they ruled the way they did, it opened it up to every night. and one of the things that mr. jones said that bothered me the most was the complete dismissal of what he called gangbanger violence. as bad as sandy was, the worst thing is we are encouraging as a nation black on black genocide in our i
because they just want to be re-elected at the end of the day, right? >> but buzz iszi ibissinger, th all well and good, but part of the problem is that the wording of the second amendment is so woolly and so open to interpretation and conjecture, and it ruled on the supreme court's objection in 2008 to be an absolute vindication of their belief the second amendment gives everybody a license to have as many arms as they'd like. >> look, i'm not a lawyer, i'm not a scholar. it seems...
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they skyrocketed again in the recent election well before the tragedies in connecticut. there's a lot of misinformation out there on the part of gun owners. i'm a gun owner. i have a shotgun. i'm in the military. i have an m-16 that as i said was assigned to me for most of my career. as the mayor said, who i have great respect for, and the chief from the city just 25 piles from my hometown, the second amendment and the supreme court has spoken. the united states constitution has guaranteed a right to bear and keep arms. but that doesn't mean it's an absolute right just as you referenced at the first amendment. you cannot yell fire in a crowded theater. justice scalia has spoken eloquently in his opinion that the fact is that you can regulate the types of firearms that are actually -- can be regulated. there has to be common sense approach to this. they are very difficult issues. we propose an assault weapons ban. but what we're focused on also in my state is a universal background check, something that those on the far -- >> sorry. if i may, beau, i want to bring in lou
they skyrocketed again in the recent election well before the tragedies in connecticut. there's a lot of misinformation out there on the part of gun owners. i'm a gun owner. i have a shotgun. i'm in the military. i have an m-16 that as i said was assigned to me for most of my career. as the mayor said, who i have great respect for, and the chief from the city just 25 piles from my hometown, the second amendment and the supreme court has spoken. the united states constitution has guaranteed a...
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the reason you're going back now is because of the elections. what do you see the modern day pakistan as being? and how would you change it? >> well, yes, you're right in the past, about a year back when i wanted to go, there were indications that they didn't want me to come, and my own colleagues told me not to come. therefore, i changed my mind. however, now, what do i want to do? that is an important question. what does the country have? what potential the country has. i personally believe the country has tremendous potential and it has all the resources to do well. and when it is not doing well, my motivation to go back and correct the situation, bring it back to the level where i left it, is what motivates me to go back. and i believe what i want to do is to create a stature for the country, and i have my own four-point agenda which is internal stability, regional peace, international acceptability, and playing a rightful role for pakistan in the socioeconomic uplift of the muslim world. this is the role i see for pakistan, and one has to c
the reason you're going back now is because of the elections. what do you see the modern day pakistan as being? and how would you change it? >> well, yes, you're right in the past, about a year back when i wanted to go, there were indications that they didn't want me to come, and my own colleagues told me not to come. therefore, i changed my mind. however, now, what do i want to do? that is an important question. what does the country have? what potential the country has. i personally...
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especially after re-election. your first-term policies seem to have been validated, that you look at those results and you think you're all powerful. the famous example in recent history is george w. bush. in 2005, remember he came out and did that press conference and said he had political capital and meant to spend it and the first thing he tried to do was pass a plan to reform social security that was just destroyed by the democrats, and then katrina happened. and his presidency was over by the end of 2005, at least the second term. so, you know, i spent a lot of time reporting on this the last year, talking to white house people, and they were very acutely aware of the dangers hidden in a second term. and i think the -- you know, i think what they'll be looking for is not overinterpreting that mandate, putting out an agenda one, that he campaigned on. not doing things he didn't talk about in the campaign, but two, trying to find some kind of bipartisan compromise in a congress that is very polarized. >> this i
especially after re-election. your first-term policies seem to have been validated, that you look at those results and you think you're all powerful. the famous example in recent history is george w. bush. in 2005, remember he came out and did that press conference and said he had political capital and meant to spend it and the first thing he tried to do was pass a plan to reform social security that was just destroyed by the democrats, and then katrina happened. and his presidency was over by...
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boehner was elected leader of the house as much as the president was elected to run the executive branch. so he can't pass something through congress without getting a republican house. he has another problem, that's a democratic senate. 20 democrats are up for re-election in 2014. they're not as left wing as he is. they certainly didn't get elected in states as democrat and blue as obama did. so he's asking those guys to go out in front on his tax policies, his spending policies. remember, he just signed to make permanent 85% of the bush tax cuts in dollar terms, 99% of the bush tax cuts in terms of who was affected. these are tax cuts the democratic party has run against for 12 years as a bad idea from start to finish. so the republicans made a hundred steps forward and took back either one or 15 steps and then obama locked it in. why? largely because democrats in the senate did not want to be attached to the size of tax increases that the president wanted. so he has a democrat senate that's not as left wing as he is. reid may be, but reid has to take care of his own. and a republican
boehner was elected leader of the house as much as the president was elected to run the executive branch. so he can't pass something through congress without getting a republican house. he has another problem, that's a democratic senate. 20 democrats are up for re-election in 2014. they're not as left wing as he is. they certainly didn't get elected in states as democrat and blue as obama did. so he's asking those guys to go out in front on his tax policies, his spending policies. remember, he...
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the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable acheestment has been beginy worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guenae worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could you have cracked it? >> well, we will have more cases come up later on in the year but we are cutting down. eventually we will have zero cases of guenea worm on earth and that's will be the second disease eradicated from the world. >> let's take one short final break. [ woman ] we had two tiny reasons to get our adt security system. and one really big reason -- the house next door. our neighbor's house was broken into. luckily, her family wasn't there, but what if this happened here? what if our girls were home? and since we can't monitor everything 24/7, we got someone who could. adt. [ male announcer ] while s
the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable acheestment has been beginy worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guenae worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could...
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that is why elections matter. presidential elections determine the future of the supreme court. >> you see i would ask this one question, bill clinton raised it today. he said i grew up in this hunting culture, but this is nuts. why does anyone need a 30-round clip for a gun, and i say why would you need one anyway? and if you start from that premise, why does any civilian need them? the answer is, they don't. >> i grew up not far from where bill clinton did, i grew up owning guns and hunting. and i have absolutely no tolerance for the idea that the military-style weapons should be loose in a civilian population. >> gentlemen, going to leave it there. but thank you very much indeed. when we come back, she says that america may be at a tipping point on gun control, arianna huffington, on what it would take to stop the killing. alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. feels great. [ male announcer ] simple. effective. take that, 50 pound thingy. let's fight fat with alli. learn more, lose
that is why elections matter. presidential elections determine the future of the supreme court. >> you see i would ask this one question, bill clinton raised it today. he said i grew up in this hunting culture, but this is nuts. why does anyone need a 30-round clip for a gun, and i say why would you need one anyway? and if you start from that premise, why does any civilian need them? the answer is, they don't. >> i grew up not far from where bill clinton did, i grew up owning guns...
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the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable achievement has been guinea worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guinea worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could you have cracked it? >> well, we will have more cases come up later on in the year but we are cutting down. eventually we will have zero cases of guinea worm on earth and that's will be the second disease eradicated from the world. >> let's take one short final break. [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on facebook.
the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable achievement has been guinea worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guinea worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could...
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we elected an african-american for president. a lot of people didn't think we would see that in our lifetime. we did it four years ago and what may be more impressive than an african-american, an elderly man said this to me, we re-elected him a second time. not just a one shot deal. he did it again and people are moved by what's going on right now. >> as with ronald reagan and bill clinton, the second terms, you can see a few green sheets of the economy and if that begins to surge, david axelrod tells me later in the show, has a real chance. >> he has a huge agenda, a lot of opportunities and going to have to find a way to work with republicans not only in the senate but the house of representatives. let's see if he can do it. it's a huge, huge challenge and the responsibility is enormous, the opportunity is great. >> well, we have to see and itching to get to the party, wo wolf. >> love those people back there. did you hear the marching band? >> you know why i think they're so excited? your performance in skyfall. >> you were in
we elected an african-american for president. a lot of people didn't think we would see that in our lifetime. we did it four years ago and what may be more impressive than an african-american, an elderly man said this to me, we re-elected him a second time. not just a one shot deal. he did it again and people are moved by what's going on right now. >> as with ronald reagan and bill clinton, the second terms, you can see a few green sheets of the economy and if that begins to surge, david...
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who would you most like to see leading the party into the next election? it can be a surname, a first name. >> scott walker. >> scott walker? interesting call. dick morris, good to see you. you can always come back here to cnn. we're not going to ban you or fire you. good to see you. >>> coming up later we'll have an all-star panel after the break talking about what dick morris just said about the future of the republican party and later kerry kennedy joins me live to talk about guns in america. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. pretty sweet, huh? cute. but don't you have any apps o
who would you most like to see leading the party into the next election? it can be a surname, a first name. >> scott walker. >> scott walker? interesting call. dick morris, good to see you. you can always come back here to cnn. we're not going to ban you or fire you. good to see you. >>> coming up later we'll have an all-star panel after the break talking about what dick morris just said about the future of the republican party and later kerry kennedy joins me live to talk...
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a lot of republicans really despise him for doing what he did during the election. many still blame him for mitt romney's loss which is absurd. this is christi's job. he's a tough talker and he's fighting for his state. look, i'm really sympathetic to where christi is coming from. it's not like john boehner hasn't had anything else to do in last few days. boehner's juice is gone. he didn't necessarily have the votes to get another spending bill through his own house. and so he basically ended up lying and deceiving house republicans that he would bring this to the floor. and then he didn't. which is why the outrage and why he's now been forced to put it into two parts, bring to it the floor on friday in part the flood insurance part and then the rest of it won't happen until the middle of the month. >> use the word lying that's a pretty serious word. let me bring kristen in. disaster relief new jersey, new york, connecticut is concerned. it's a hot political issue. why. >> because even for folks who believe that the government is doing too many things that ought to
a lot of republicans really despise him for doing what he did during the election. many still blame him for mitt romney's loss which is absurd. this is christi's job. he's a tough talker and he's fighting for his state. look, i'm really sympathetic to where christi is coming from. it's not like john boehner hasn't had anything else to do in last few days. boehner's juice is gone. he didn't necessarily have the votes to get another spending bill through his own house. and so he basically ended...
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he held elections. all of this on his own. when he commanded all of iraq, he basically set up this thing called the sons of iraq which paid ex-militants to come over and fight on the american side against the jihadists using the commander's discretionary fund. again, on his own authority. he didn't tell his superiors back in washington about this. and these kinds of enterprises, he did this, he had to do it because that was the only way he could succeed on the battlefield. but you know, once you do this sort of thing enough you get used to it. >> i spent a little time with him in baghdad in 2005. and i saw him. i saw how he operated and obviously he was very self-confident, very unique and he did things exactly the way you point out, the way he thought was best for the country. did you in your research, you did a ton of research did you meet paula broadwell? i know you interviewed over 100 people in connection with the book. >> no i never interviewed her. i know who she is. i know people who know her. this affair was widely ru
he held elections. all of this on his own. when he commanded all of iraq, he basically set up this thing called the sons of iraq which paid ex-militants to come over and fight on the american side against the jihadists using the commander's discretionary fund. again, on his own authority. he didn't tell his superiors back in washington about this. and these kinds of enterprises, he did this, he had to do it because that was the only way he could succeed on the battlefield. but you know, once...